Basic Math Examples

$| 5 - (- 2) |$

Step 1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 2$ .

$| 5 + 2 |$

Step 2

Add $5$ and $2$ .

$| 7 |$

Step 3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $7$ is $7$ .

$7$